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Non Sport Progression Thread



  Octavia VRS LE
I had an old project thread but thought i would tidy a few things up in a new one,
First of all i bought a 2004 (53 plate) clio 1.2 dynamique with 17" alloys, tinted windows and lowered 40mm all round,
Pics of when i first picked it up;

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after owning it for about 6 months and not caring about it i finally fell in love with the car. firstly i went down the wrong route and followed most young people who have corsas or saxos, i put shockingly bad chrome lights on the rear and a 16v badge :(
not even going to show the pic as i know people hate them.

after i saw the errors of my ways, i changed the alloys to 15" dezent motions in white,

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next to come was white 16v badges and front diamond
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after about a year or so doing nothing to the car as funds weren't available i didnt do much to the car, but after getting bored of the look but not wanting a new car i changed some bits and bobs, first came a sport interior
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then arctic blue interior strips
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I then bought an rs grill from wests ranault to tidy the front end up;
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A couple of months later i developed a hole in my back box and MOT time was fast approaching so i ordered a ktec stealth, No pics of it thou..
after the exhaust i decided a new set of wheels would make a big difference to the car, so i found some cheap 182 wheels in pretty good condition but will be referbing them in the winter when the white alloys get put back on.

Phone Pic
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After about a week with the new alloys and a black bullet from a campus i decided the tints do look dreadful, so out they came
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and some dice valve caps because they were free :)
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And thats pretty much how she stands today, next on my list is carbon wrap for the bullets and diamonds. any c&c welcome :) and suggestions on how i could make it look better will be considered
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  Turbos.
Certainly an improvement, nice one! I don't see the point in the carbon wrap, it is very passe now.

If you insist on spending more, i'd get coilovers and a Cup spoiler. But now i'm a grown up, i'd say enjoy it as it now and get saving for next rung of the ladder!
 
If you're going to do anything get a shorter front plate. It will look a million times better.

Other than that probably leave it as it is or get some coilovers and some 15"s.

edit: this is my 90mm height plate on a ph3 bumper:

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  Octavia VRS LE
yeah i like the plates just havent got around to doing it to be honest. and i have been thinking about coilovers but just need to save for them first :)
 
  Octavia VRS LE
haha i did indeed :) thanks for that again and yes we do!!! i will be coming to my first one then now my cars finally de-chaved.
 
  Octavia VRS LE
Things havent been going all to well lately, coil-pack has gone so ordered a new one and its on its way with fresh new sparks. shocks have gone so coilovers will be ordered when i have the cash.... clutch is on its way out.... :( french reliability ftw!!!! but to be fair ive had the car 4 years in September and nothing major has gone wrong apart from battery and alternator.... so im happy :) and i get coilovers which i wanted for long timeee!!!!
ahh well cleaned the motor and went for a shoot with a mate so heres a few of my favs;

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  Octavia VRS LE
just a little.... lol. i know i want a sport one but cant justify paying 80 quid for a good one... or a cant see the point in a refurb for mine. so ima stick with it as its not bothering me :)
 
  Octavia VRS LE
haha cheers fella's. and only rokkor (raceland) at the end of the day its a1.2 and only want coilovers for looks and not handling performance. and they are only 170 odd quid :)
 
  Octavia VRS LE
small update and advise needed, raceland coilovers are on and 10mm spacers as the wheels were hitting the coilovers but they are still rubbing a little bit and they aint even wound that far down are the 182 wheels too big for coilovers on a 1.2? or should i just cut the arches to it doesn't rub? if all else fails should i stick my 15's back on?

tom
 
  M135i
Looks good, makes me miss my naughty blue 1.2 :/

As for the coilovers, what size are the wheels ? They look massive. Depends if you want to lower it or 'slam it'. If you want stupid lowness then stick the 15's back on and you can go as low as you want with out catching or rubbing
 
  Ph1 Williams No: 112
Very nice.. definitely progressing well. For the coilover troubles, see if you can get away with a bit of negative camber before rolling the arches.. but its not a big job if you have to.

p.s. pics with coileys wound alllll the way down!
 
  Octavia VRS LE
bit of an update, thanks for all the replies i did put the 15's back on but then guess what happens? wheel falls of. lol only doing around 5mph as i was talking to my mum and dad on the side of the road. just got the car how i wanted it turns out it was a dodgy hub, so this is the damage and this is how she looks with the coilovers wound nearly all the way down maybe another inch and a half left.
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Ordering a new hub tonight from the 'bay for 27.98
going to convert to studs at the front so going to be ordering them off demon tweeks later on too,
also how lucky am i going to have to be to get a wing to straight swap with the same colour code? will is still look off? so i still need it to be re-sprayed?

tom
 
  Octavia VRS LE
Ive had everything sorted now over the last week, new wing, new wheel studs, hub and old 15" back on, either want to spray them graphite gray or get a new set of 15" wheels, maybe go the complete opposite way and gtet some banded steelies? or some deep dish alloys? any ideas?

tom
 
  Octavia VRS LE
it is yeaa, as soon as it happened i wanted to get rid of it but now its done i cant bring my self to do so, only thing il get rid of it for atm is a cooper s or a 182 but insurance is telling me to get lost lol.
this is how shes sitting atm, rubbish phone pics and it was raining, lol
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and i copied this stickers on the grill from 2 people off here... not sure of their names but i loved the idea.. in desperate need of a new splitter too, dont know what one to get maybe another standard one?

tom
 
  Octavia VRS LE
thinking of buying some new wheels.... but i dont know what ones to go for, ideally i want 15" and was maybe siding towards either standard dynamique alloys or soem deep dish alloys..... suggestions anyone?

tom
 
  05 MK2 Clio Extreme
PERSONALY , id say go deepies but then its all down to preferance , tidy car buddy im feeling it:boring:
 
  Octavia VRS LE
its just been put nearly back to standard, selling it now, want something with a bigger and better engine!!
 


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